Sr. Full-Stack Engineer (USPACOM)
Culmen International LLC1 day ago
Honolulu, HI, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and field secure software supporting USPACOM J32 joint targeting and fires-planning workflows.
- Develop operator-facing Target-Effect Pairing applications with ranked recommendations, alternatives, constraints, tradeoffs, and explanations.
- Build backend services for workflow orchestration, recommendation processing, adjudication, approval routing, deconfliction, and force-assignment support.
- Implement traceability, audit logging, human-machine teaming controls, role-based and attribute-based access controls, and classification-aware data handling.
- Integrate with Maven Smart System, object-management systems, simulation services, and command-and-control interfaces through secure APIs and event-driven patterns.
- Develop resilient services for connected and degraded operating conditions and create automated unit, integration, regression, performance, and security tests.
- Collaborate with USPACOM operators, Joint Fires and Targeting SMEs, weaponeering experts, data engineers, security teams, and Government system owners.
- Participate in planning, backlog refinement, demonstrations, technical reviews, fielding, and production sustainment activities.
- Produce maintainable code, API documentation, architecture decision records, release notes, runbooks, and transition materials.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of professional full-stack software engineering experience delivering complex, data-intensive applications.
- Strong experience with modern front-end frameworks, backend services, RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures, relational or document databases, and automated testing.
- Experience building workflow, mission-planning, decision-support, command-and-control, or operational intelligence applications.
- Experience with data provenance, audit logging, workflow state management, access controls, and configuration or model versioning.
- Familiarity with containerized deployments, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, observability, and secure cloud or on-premises environments.
- Ability to translate complex operational and doctrinal processes into usable, explainable software and collaborate with operational users through iterative demonstrations and feedback.
- Understanding of human-centered design for high-consequence workflows where recommendations must be transparent, reviewable, and reversible.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for explaining technical decisions to operational and Government stakeholders.
- Eligibility for TS/SCI clearance; an active clearance is strongly preferred.
- Ability to support onsite engagement with USPACOM J32 operators in the Honolulu area as mission needs require.
- Experience with joint targeting, Joint Fires, weaponeering, target-effect pairing, force assignment, course-of-action analysis, DoD classified environments, restricted networks, optimization or recommendation systems, independent test and evaluation, or Government production deployments is desired.
Benefits
- Exceptional medical, dental, and vision insurance, with employee premiums fully paid by Culmen and dependent coverage available at a nominal rate.
- 401(k) with immediate vesting and a 4% company match.
- Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage.
- Supplemental insurance available.
- Training and continuing education opportunities.
- 12 paid holidays.
- The role requires residence in the Honolulu area and onsite commuting to Camp H.M. Smith.
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About Culmen International LLC
Culmen International is a privately held government services and international affairs firm headquartered in Alexandria, VA, founded in 2004. The company delivers contracted technical, management, logistics, procurement, research and analysis, and technology solutions to U.S. government agencies, multinational organizations, and foreign partners, spanning security assistance, export controls, foreign military sales, language services, data analytics, and agile software. It operates on six continents, with personnel based in 40+ countries and project work in 140+ countries.